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Pipe Drafting and Design:

Using Manual, AutoCAD, and PRO-PIPE Applications

  • 1st Edition - January 23, 1996
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Roy A. Parisher, Robert A. Rhea
  • Language: English

This book takes students from drafting and design fundamentals into the computer age with detailed advice on the use of AutoCAD and PRO-PIPE.Pipe Drafting and Design provides… Read more

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Description

This book takes students from drafting and design fundamentals into the computer age with detailed advice on the use of AutoCAD and PRO-PIPE.Pipe Drafting and Design provides students with the basic skills they will need to prepare a wide range of piping drawings. It presents a step-by-step approach to the basic fundamentals students will need to begin a successful career in industrial drafting and design. Each chapter includes helpful exercises and questions designed to help readers review and practice the concepts presented.

Table of contents

Overview of pipe drafting and design; Pipe; Pipe fittings; Flange basics; Valves; Mechanical equipment; Flow diagrams and instrumentation; Codes and specifications; Plant coordinates and elevations; Piping arrangement drawings; Standard piping details; Piping systems; Piping isometrics; Customizing AutoCAD; Piping computer-aided drawing; Appendixes: Fitting and flange data; Glossary;Review of lettering; Review of math; Review of scales; Index

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 23, 1996
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Roy A. Parisher

Roy A. Parisher is a professor and former department chair of the Engineering Design Graphics department at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas, where he has taught for over 40 years. He also taught at the University of Houston Downtown’s Summer Piping Institute.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, San Jacinto College, Pasadena, TX, USA

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Robert A. Rhea

Robert A. Rhea is a former associate professor of engineering technology at the University of Houston Downtown, Houston, Texas.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Houston Downtown, USA